Favorite bur nit necessarily famous jewelry brands

[Anonymous]

What's your favorite unique jewelry brand? Recent flaming on VCA and iconic jewelry seen and copied everywhere (e.g. the Love bracelet) make me realize DCUM might know where cute and cool unique jewelry can be found. Stores and or online. TIA.

[Anonymous]

Online shops that feature a lot of unique, smaller brands:
Ylang 23
Golden Carrot
Catbird

[Anonymous]

Locally, Amanda Hagerman! Her things are so beautiful and she’s opening a shop soon.

[Anonymous]

I'm one of the PPs who trashed the Alhambra pendant necklace so I guess I owe you my 2 cents.

I have't bought much fine jewelry new and I definitely wouldn't buy any new 'recognizable' designer jewelry as I think it's generally loud/tacky. I also wouldn't wear a LV bag or other obvious logo. I do love and wear my grandmother's Bulgari and Cartier pieces but none are immediately recognizable as those brands. I admit to wearing a lot of Tiffany (heart tags, etc) when it was cool from middle school through college but I wouldn't do it as 40 year old.

I've had quite a few pieces of heirloom fine jewelry restyled by local jewelers. It's a surefire way to get a stunning piece that is meaningful and unique. Of course, not everyone is privileged enough to inherit jewelry. My family has used both Pampillonia and Boone and Sons (Bethesda and Friendship Heights).

I love buying antique/vintage pieces, especially Victorian and 60's pieces. I bid on online auctions frequently but bid conservatively and only win occasionally. My favorite antiques are a garnet pinky ring I wear daily and a filigree gold pendant necklace.

I'm currently designing a 10 year wedding anniversary ring. I'm ordering an elongated cushion cut green lab sapphire three stone ring (with lab diamonds) in yellow gold. I'm ordering from Stag and Finch. Will be about 2-3k.

https://www.stagandfinch.com

[Anonymous]

One of my favorites Humphrey out of Austria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PPs who trashed the Alhambra pendant necklace so I guess I owe you my 2 cents.

I have't bought much fine jewelry new and I definitely wouldn't buy any new 'recognizable' designer jewelry as I think it's generally loud/tacky. I also wouldn't wear a LV bag or other obvious logo. I do love and wear my grandmother's Bulgari and Cartier pieces but none are immediately recognizable as those brands. I admit to wearing a lot of Tiffany (heart tags, etc) when it was cool from middle school through college but I wouldn't do it as 40 year old.

I've had quite a few pieces of heirloom fine jewelry restyled by local jewelers. It's a surefire way to get a stunning piece that is meaningful and unique. Of course, not everyone is privileged enough to inherit jewelry. My family has used both Pampillonia and Boone and Sons (Bethesda and Friendship Heights).

I love buying antique/vintage pieces, especially Victorian and 60's pieces. I bid on online auctions frequently but bid conservatively and only win occasionally. My favorite antiques are a garnet pinky ring I wear daily and a filigree gold pendant necklace.

I'm currently designing a 10 year wedding anniversary ring. I'm ordering an elongated cushion cut green lab sapphire three stone ring (with lab diamonds) in yellow gold. I'm ordering from Stag and Finch. Will be about 2-3k.

https://www.stagandfinch.com

So basically PP has generational wealth and looks down on other people who are more obvious about it. Ok.

[Anonymous]

I like Anita Ko, Jennifer Meyer, Jacquie Aiche, Brent Neale, and Logan Hollowell.

[Anonymous]

Ippolita, Gabriel & Co

[Anonymous]

Julie Vos

[Anonymous]

I have a few pieces from penny preville. They’re gorgeous

[Anonymous]

I like what they have curated over at Wolf & Badger, and the prices are relatively low for most pieces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PPs who trashed the Alhambra pendant necklace so I guess I owe you my 2 cents.

I have't bought much fine jewelry new and I definitely wouldn't buy any new 'recognizable' designer jewelry as I think it's generally loud/tacky. I also wouldn't wear a LV bag or other obvious logo. I do love and wear my grandmother's Bulgari and Cartier pieces but none are immediately recognizable as those brands. I admit to wearing a lot of Tiffany (heart tags, etc) when it was cool from middle school through college but I wouldn't do it as 40 year old.

I've had quite a few pieces of heirloom fine jewelry restyled by local jewelers. It's a surefire way to get a stunning piece that is meaningful and unique. Of course, not everyone is privileged enough to inherit jewelry. My family has used both Pampillonia and Boone and Sons (Bethesda and Friendship Heights).

I love buying antique/vintage pieces, especially Victorian and 60's pieces. I bid on online auctions frequently but bid conservatively and only win occasionally. My favorite antiques are a garnet pinky ring I wear daily and a filigree gold pendant necklace.

I'm currently designing a 10 year wedding anniversary ring. I'm ordering an elongated cushion cut green lab sapphire three stone ring (with lab diamonds) in yellow gold. I'm ordering from Stag and Finch. Will be about 2-3k.

https://www.stagandfinch.com

So basically PP has generational wealth and looks down on other people who are more obvious about it. Ok.

+1

My fave part of that post is "I wore Tiffany in middle school ... when it was cool" but not now. So cringe, and they don't even know it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the PPs who trashed the Alhambra pendant necklace so I guess I owe you my 2 cents.

I have't bought much fine jewelry new and I definitely wouldn't buy any new 'recognizable' designer jewelry as I think it's generally loud/tacky. I also wouldn't wear a LV bag or other obvious logo. I do love and wear my grandmother's Bulgari and Cartier pieces but none are immediately recognizable as those brands. I admit to wearing a lot of Tiffany (heart tags, etc) when it was cool from middle school through college but I wouldn't do it as 40 year old.

I've had quite a few pieces of heirloom fine jewelry restyled by local jewelers. It's a surefire way to get a stunning piece that is meaningful and unique. Of course, not everyone is privileged enough to inherit jewelry. My family has used both Pampillonia and Boone and Sons (Bethesda and Friendship Heights).

I love buying antique/vintage pieces, especially Victorian and 60's pieces. I bid on online auctions frequently but bid conservatively and only win occasionally. My favorite antiques are a garnet pinky ring I wear daily and a filigree gold pendant necklace.

I'm currently designing a 10 year wedding anniversary ring. I'm ordering an elongated cushion cut green lab sapphire three stone ring (with lab diamonds) in yellow gold. I'm ordering from Stag and Finch. Will be about 2-3k.

https://www.stagandfinch.com

So basically PP has generational wealth and looks down on other people who are more obvious about it. Ok.

+1

My fave part of that post is "I wore Tiffany in middle school ... when it was cool" but not now. So cringe, and they don't even know it.

Eh, I get it. Tiffany heart tags, Elsa Peretti items, and other entry level Tiffany were all the rage for bat mitzvahs when I was growing up. I still associate those pieces with teenagers. Sure it's a private school or wealthy area bubble thing, but this is DCUM after all.

[Anonymous]

If you're into modern Scandinavian shapes, Georg Jensen. My DH and I have the gold fusion rings as our wedding bands.

[Anonymous]

I like Gorjana although it’s a larger brand